Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
DAKOTA NEWS.

The Aberdeen ball club has been or
ganized.
jamestown expects to get the car shops
OF the Northern Pacific.
Lightning struck in several places at
Iroquois during late storm.
Anton Longsted and Henry Bahr were
killed by lightning near Fargo.
One wheat field of 700 acres was de-
stroyed by hail near Devils Lake.
Fargos new hotel now building is 1872
by 144 feet and four stories high.
-Hurons new Episcopal church will be
built of stone, 80 by 60 feet in size.
Lightning struck the house of Lon
Melville, ut Huron, and did slight damage.
Huron e1pects 1000 militia boys at
the encampment beginning there Septem-
her /.
The 10-year- old boys at Sioux Falls
are investing their surplus cash in town
lots.
Gov. and Mrs. Church gave reception
at the Grand opera house at Huron the
other evening.
next November. Both sides are preparing
for the contest.
Bishop Walker, of the Episcopal
Church, since coming to Dakota one and a
half years ago, has built eleven new
churches. He reports his church MS pros
pering.
An effort is being made to set aside
the election in Ramsey County at which
$4,000 was voted to build court house
and Jail, it being claimed that the election
was contrary to statute.
"A 1885, acre field of wheat was thrashed
near Artesian City, Sanborn County, the
other day, and the next morning firm
shipped the first carload of new wheat Of
the season. The yield will be fifteen or
eighteen bushels per acre.
The session laws for 1887 are bound
in two styles-both substantial-one in
what is known as half binding, the other
in full law calf. The retail price of the
former is So. Hereafter leather titles in
gilt will be put on the full bound and the
price will be $3.50 instead of 1926 as
heretofore.
The editors of Dakota ut their anualn
meeting at Big Stone lake unanimously
adopted resolutions severely criticising
Judge Spencer in relation to the Huronite
contempt case. Augustine Davis, of the
Huronate, was also elected president of
the association.
"A difficulty lately occurred between
Graham and Wilkins, of Black Hawk
Springs, Lawrence county, over the wife of
the latter, who lives with the former, occa-
sioning shooting bee, in which Wilkins
was shot through the body from left to
right. The wound is not considered fatal.
Graham is under arrest.
AT a meeting of the county commits
sioners at Aberdeen Mayor Adams, of Co.
lumbia, served upon the board summons
in the county seat case. The defendants
are required to serve copy of the answer
within ten days. The plaintiff gives no.
tice that it will contest, under section s.,
chapter 81, of the laws of 1885, the ques.
ton of the validity of the late election.
1t is reported that the Northern Pacific
land department has disposed of fifteen
townships of land in the southwestern part
of Morton County to Rhode Island COL
ony. The prosperity of the New England
colony in Hettinger County is good argyll
ment in favor of the settlement of the west
Missouri. Mr.. Bicknell and another Bos-
ton gentleman interested in the Hettinger
County colony are now looking over the
country between Mandan and Black Hills
with view of building q railroad. They
left Mandan few days ago, and if their
report is favorable strong backing is as
capitalists.
AS the time of making final home
stead proof is drawing near for many, it
will be we'll FOR them to bear in mind that
in case where party expects to secure IT,
tie to land by residence and improvements
instead of by paying $1.25 per acre for
it, such residence and Improvements must
be ample to show that the party has earn
ed title to the land before the proof will
be received. Two cases of This kind have
already come up in Sully county, C. A.
Way and H. G. Bossler. They have
both been returned from. the local
land Office, which seems hard, but
yet is better than to have the papers
drag their way through the general
and Office to only meet with rejection q
year or two from now.
Although the State University for Da-
kota was located at Vermillion in 1862, its
actual existence as an institution of learn
ing began at much later date. In 1882
the county erected wing of the main
building at cost of $4,000. The Legls-
lature meeting in the following year appro-
priated 900 for the main edifce, pro-
viding also for expense Of instructions,
which seems to have then begun. A sub
sequent legislature erected girls dormi-
tory, and last winter appropriations were
made for erecting boys dormitory and
fos the additional wing to he man build
ing, making that fine structure complete.
these last, the boys dormitory and the adj
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